diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index f144a2d21..56573f71e 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def get_staging_dirs(
     ],
 )
 
-s.move(templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc", "README.rst", ".github/release-please.yml", "noxfile.py"])
+s.move(templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc", "README.rst", ".github/release-please.yml", "noxfile.py", "renovate.json"])
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index c7875c469..e2175ba2e 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     ":preserveSemverRanges",
     ":disableDependencyDashboard"
   ],
-  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/unittest.yml"],
+  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/*"],
   "pip_requirements": {
     "fileMatch": ["requirements-test.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints-test.txt"]
   }